Louisville women's basketball team to play WKU in November

Nov. 27 game is reunion of sorts

10:59 PM,
May 14, 2013

The UofL scoreboard at the KFC Yum! Center. (File)

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University of Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz said a date has been set for the Cardinals' game at Western Kentucky University next season, the first meeting between the teams since December 2007. The game will be Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving.

A key reason behind the resumption of the series is the relationship between Walz and WKU coach Michelle Clark-Heard, who was a U of L assistant under him before taking over the Lady Toppers last year.

In her first season, Clark-Heard guided WKU to the biggest turnaround in Sun Belt Conference history by going 22-11 after the team ...